National Highway 26 (India)(old numbering)

National Highway 44
Route information
Part of
Length:	3,745 km (2,327 mi) GQ: 94 km (58 mi) (Bengaluru - Krishnagiri) NS: 1828 km (Lakhnadon - Kanyakumari)
Major junctions
North end:	Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir
	List NH 1 in Srinagar NH 444 in Wanpoh NH 501 in Anantnag NH 244 in Anantug NH 144 in Domel NH 144A in Jammu NH 54 in Pathankot NH 3 in Jalandhar NH 5 in Ludhiana NH 7 in Rajpura NH 344 in Ambala NH 152 in Ambala NH 709A in Karnal NH 709 in Panipat NH 334B in Sonipat NH 9, NH 19, NH 48 in New Delhi NH 919 in Palwal NH 21 in Agra NH 23 in Dholpur NH 719 in Gwalior NH 21 in Agra NH 27 in Jhansi NH 39 in Jhansi NH 146 in Sagar NH 547 in Narasinghpur NH 34 in Laghnadon NH 347 in Seoni NH 53 in Nagpur NH 61 in Nirmal NH 63 in Nizamabad NH 65, NH 163, NH 765 in Hyderabad NH 40 in Kurnool NH 67 in Gooty NH 42 in Anantpur NH 48 in Bangalore NH 209 in Bangalore NH 75 in Bangalore NH 275 in Bangalore NH 648 in Hosur NH 77 in Krishnagiri NH 79 in Salem NH 544 in Salem NH 81 in Karur NH 83 in Dindigul NH 183 in Dindigul NH 85 in Madurai NH 744 in Thirumangalam NH 138 in Tirunelveli NH 944 near Nagarcoil NH 66 in Kanyakumari
South end:	Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu
Location
States:	Haryana: 184 km (114 mi) Uttar Pradesh: 128 km (80 mi) Madhya Pradesh: 504 km (313 mi) Maharashtra: 232 km (144 mi) Telangana: 504 km (313 mi) Andhra Pradesh: 250 km (160 mi) Karnataka: 125 km (78 mi) Tamil Nadu: 627 km (390 mi)
Primary destinations:	Srinagar - Jammu - Kathua (Jammu & Kashmir) - Pathankot - Jalandhar - Ludhiana (Punjab) - Ambala - Karnal - Panipat (Haryana) - Delhi (Delhi) - Faridabad - Palwal - Mathura - Agra - Dholpur (UP) - Gwalior (MP) - Jhansi - Lalitpur (UP) - Sagar - Narsinghpur - Lakhnadon - Seoni (MP) - Nagpur (Maharashtra) - Adilabad - Nizamabad- Kamareddy - Hyderabad,Mahbubnagar (Telangana) - Kurnool - Anantapur (AP) - Chikkaballapur - Bangalore (Karnataka) - Hosur - Krishnagiri - Dharmapuri - Salem - Karur - Dindigul - Madurai - Tirunelveli - Kanyakumari (Tamil Nadu)
Highway system
Indian road network National Expressways State ← NH 43 NH 45 →

National Highway 44 (NH 44) is the longest-running major north–south National Highway in India. It starts from Srinagar and terminates in Kanyakumari; the highway passes through the states of Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu. NH-44 was laid and is maintained by Central Public Works Department (CPWD).

It has come into being by merging seven previously differently numbered national highways in full or part starting from former NH 1A from Srinagar in Jammu & Kashmir, former NH 1 in Punjab and Haryana ending at Delhi, part of former NH 2 starting from Delhi and ending at Agra, former NH 3 (popularly known as Agra-Bombay highway) from Agra to Gwalior, former NH 75 and former NH 26 to Jhansi, and finally former NH 7 via Nagpur, and Adilabad, Nizamabad, Hyderabad, Kurnool and Mahbubnagar, Anantapur, and Bangalore, Dharmapuri, Salem, Karur, Madurai and Tirunelveli terminating at Kanyakumari.

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